home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!agate!ucbvax!ELROS.STG.TRW.COM!powers
- From: powers@ELROS.STG.TRW.COM
- Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
- Subject: RE: openVMS or UNIX
- Message-ID: <00965c6d.437db1a0.15754@elros.stg.trw.com>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 03:18:05 GMT
- Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
- Distribution: world
- Organization: The Internet
- Lines: 12
-
- Mark Wood:
- > Ah, another definition to add to the pile. One reason that I try never to use
- > the term "open system" is that it has no commonly-accepted definition
-
- Sorry to add to the deeply stupid literature on this subject, but, well,
- I entirely hate the way idiot marketing jargon is being used to convert the
- computer business into a flea market for scams. Now, if we could just agree
- to treat this junk for what it is, the same stuff as the drugstore paper junk
- mail we all have to throw in the trash every week....
-
-
-
-